Articles: Thomas Bentley and the American Revolution in Illinois; The Chicago Catholic Charities, the Great Depression, and Public Monies; "My poor little Ninth": The Ninth Illinois at Shiloh; The Springfield Lyceums and Lincoln's 1838 Speech;...

Articles: Oliver Dennett Grover's Thy Will Be Done; Dorothea Dix and the Founding of Illinois' First Mental Hospital; Leonard Swett: Lincoln's Legacy to the Chicago Bar; Joliet's Enterprising Universalists: the Church and the City in Late...

The author and fifteen class members of the 117 contacted offer their personal experiences before, during and after graduation. There is commentary on how the social, political and economic issues of the 1920s and 1930s affected these classmates.

The Metamora Future Farmers of America highlighted their observance of national Future Farmers of America Week with the annual Businessmen's Breakfast at the Homestead. Awards were presented following the meal, with Jim Schierer receiving the...